LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.
Railway and Turnpike Roads compared. -- Mr. Gurney's inventions.
-- His Locomotive Steam Engine. -- Its performances. --
Prejudices and errors. -- Committee of the House of Commons. --
Convenience and safety of Steam Carriages. -- Hancock's Steam
Carriage. -- Mr. N. Ogle. -- Trevithick's invention. --
Proceedings against Steam Carriages. -- Turnpike Bills. -- Steam
Carriage between Gloucester and Cheltenham. -- Its
discontinuance. -- Report of the Committee of the Commons. --
Present State and Prospects of Steam Carriages. 213